Trudy Spector

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Trudy Spector, 93, passed away peacefully on April 14 with family at her bedside. Born at Ithaca Hospital on April 2, 1931, she was the daughter of Harold and Sarah Perelmut. She was both a lifelong resident of Syracuse and member of Temple Adath Yeshuran.
 
As a young girl and teenager, Trudy excelled both in school and in the arts. She sang, played piano, painted and danced. She met Joseph Spector when she was 14, marrying him on July 1, 1951 when she was 20. The two raised four children, first on Springfield Road in Syracuse and then on Brookhill Drive in Manlius. They were married nearly 54 years, until Joe’s passing in 2005. Trudy spent her final decade living independently at The Oaks.
 
Trudy’s home was filled with hand-sewed clothes and delicious foods. Jewish holidays were her specialty with her family feasting on her chicken soup, strudel and rugelach over the years.
 
A graduate of Central High School, Trudy worked as an executive secretary for much of her working life, taking time off to raise her family. She started her career working for Hy Miller in his insurance business and ended it at Moore Business Forms, a job she loved until she retired at age 65.
 
Upon retirement, Trudy renewed her enthusiasm for painting, studying with Carolyn Berry at Skylark Studios in Manlius. Her apartment and her children’s houses are filled with paintings created by Trudy. One of her latest creations, featuring a teddy bear and child’s blanket, is hanging in the nursery of her great granddaughter, Amelia Ann Tatar.
 
Trudy is survived by her children Steve Spector, Pam Tatar (Mark), Gail Spector (Dan Richards) and Lisa Spector. She leaves seven grandchildren – David Spector, Sarah Spector (Justin Herbert), Joshua Richards (Sarina Chaiken), Justin Tatar (Ryen Conley) and their daughter Amelia, Abbie Richards, Adam Tatar and Andrew Tatar. She is also survived by her sister Jeanne Glick and many nieces and nephews.
 
She is predeceased by her husband Joseph Spector, her brother Lester Perelmut and sister Bette Levine.
 
Donations in her memory can be made to stories.bringthemhomenow.net.
Graveside services will be at 11 AM Wednesday, April 17 in Adath Yeshurun Cemetery. The service will be live streamed on the Sisskind Funeral Service facebook page beginning at 11 AM on Wednesday.